Places I've Done Time

Places I've Done Time
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioToy Box, Brentwood, Tennessee
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
ProducerRoy Dea, Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall chronology
New Train Same Rider
(1978)
Places I've Done Time
(1978)
Saturday Morning Songs
(1979)

Places I've Done Time is a studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Tom T. Hall issued by RCA Records in 1978. It reached #19 in the US Country Charts and #17 in the Canadian Country Charts. Two singles from the album, "What Have You Got to Lose" and "Son of Clayton Delaney" also charted in both countries.

Track listing[1]

All tracks composed by Tom T. Hall; except where indicated
Side 1

  1. "What Have You Got to Lose"
  2. "I Couldn't Live in Southern California"
  3. "The Grocery Truck"
  4. "The Man Who Shot Himself"
  5. "Son of Clayton Delaney"

Side 2

  1. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker)
  2. "The Three Sofa Story"
  3. "The Great East Broadway Onion Championship of 1978"
  4. "Hat Full of Feathers" (Glen Ray)
  5. "Gimme Peace" (Hillman Hall)

Musicians

  • Harold Bradley, James Marshall - bass guitar[2]
  • Henry Strzelecki, Floyd Chance - bass
  • Harold Bradley - banjo
  • Hayward Bishop - drums
  • Bobby Wood - piano
  • Bill Wence - electric piano
  • Ray Edenton, Jerry Shook, Gary Lusk, Charles Stewart, Chip Young - rhythm guitar
  • Rick Money - acoustic guitar
  • Murrel Counts - fiddle
  • Dale Sellers - electric guitar, acoustic dobro
  • James Edwards - slide dobro, mandolin
  • Sheldon Kurland, Virginia Christensen, Carl Goradetzky, Wilfred Lehman, Stephen Smith, Samuel Terranova, Pamela Vonasdale, Stephanie Woolf - violin
  • Marvin Chantry, Gary Vanosdale - viola
  • Byron Bach, Roy Christensen - cello
  • Cam Mullins - string arrangements
  • Lea Jane Berinati, Yvonne Hodges, Sherilyn Kramer - backing vocals

Production

  • Producers: Ken Nelson & Fuzzy Owen[3]
  • Recording Engineer: Al Pachuki
  • Assistant Engineer: Stan Beaver
  • Mastering Engineer: Randy Kling
  • Recorded at the Toy Box, Brentwood, Tennessee
  • Front album cover photo: Hope Powell
  • Back album cover montage: Joe Horton
  • Album art direction: Mary Lancaster, Pinwheel Studios

References

  1. ^ discogs.com/Tom-T-Hall-Places-Ive-Done-Time-In/master/561515
  2. ^ Original album sleeve notes
  3. ^ Original album sleeve notes